I really do think it's time the US has 70% taxation on fuel, and make the majority of the population drive 2 litre engined cars.
Rather like Europe.
That's why France don't need a war just yet.
I don't consider that much of a problem. I watched TW a lot when I was a kid, and it helped garner interest amongst younger people.
Horizon however, does aim at a slightly higher level, and probably is a demonstration of the best TV can achieve.
As I've mentioned in another post...
"The most enduring science documentary series has been "Horizon," which was first broadcast in 1964. Its audience ratings vary with its subject matter, but it can claim up to 5 million viewers in Britain. The programs are held in high regard and are broadcast throughout the world, particularly in partnership with the US series "NOVA."" - Science in Public by Jane Gregory and Steve Miller
BBC seems to be beginning to ditch their flagship shows.
It's Tomorrow's World now, after killing off Angus Deayton from Have I Got News For You.
They should have kept real scientists on the show like Heather Cooper, Howard Stableford and Kate Bellingham. Does anyone remember the Brass Eye Special involving Phillipa Forrester where she lost all credibility?
I no longer trust Equinox since it became a front for scaremongering and propaganda from bad independent companies who could tag on the Equinox brand as a sign of credibility.
Then again that's what happens when American media companies like Discovery join in.
An example case is that sometime between 1998 and 2000, Equinox (or maybe Horizon) showed a documentary about how the last remaining stockpiles ever of Smallpox were to be destroyed in Russia.
Soon after September 11th, a documentary aired under the Equinox brand, which was filmed liked the X-Files, and presented by the New York reporter who allegedly received Smallpox in the mail. This NYT hack with no scientific background whatsoever presented an hour of misleading evidence which did nothing but scaremongering driving around the Middle East (without any knowledge of Arabic either), showing various viles and saying "Ooh, that might be Smallpox." Absolutely awful.
Horizon's format has slightly changed, with much more dramatic orchestral music. It remains to this date, one of the best scientific programmes on TV - and one I had to study in Science and Technology Studies. "The most enduring science documentary series has been "Horizon," which was first broadcast in 1964. Its audience ratings vary with its subject matter, but it can claim up to 5 million viewers in Britain. The programs are held in high regard and are broadcast throughout the world, particularly in partnership with the US series "NOVA."" - Science in Public by Jane Gregory and Steve Miller "The series regularly achieves a 12% UK audience share, with audience figures around three million...If you have access to BBC Four (digital TV) or BBC World (abroad), you will find Horizon there as well, after its transmission on BBC Two." - BBC Horizon
Slashdot Mirror
Bush gives another State of the Union at The SmokeHammer.
I really do think it's time the US has 70% taxation on fuel, and make the majority of the population drive 2 litre engined cars. Rather like Europe. That's why France don't need a war just yet.
I don't consider that much of a problem. I watched TW a lot when I was a kid, and it helped garner interest amongst younger people.
Horizon however, does aim at a slightly higher level, and probably is a demonstration of the best TV can achieve.
As I've mentioned in another post...
"The most enduring science documentary series has been "Horizon," which was first broadcast in 1964. Its audience ratings vary with its subject matter, but it can claim up to 5 million viewers in Britain. The programs are held in high regard and are broadcast throughout the world, particularly in partnership with the US series "NOVA."" - Science in Public by Jane Gregory and Steve Miller
BBC seems to be beginning to ditch their flagship shows.
It's Tomorrow's World now, after killing off Angus Deayton from Have I Got News For You.
They should have kept real scientists on the show like Heather Cooper, Howard Stableford and Kate Bellingham. Does anyone remember the Brass Eye Special involving Phillipa Forrester where she lost all credibility?
I no longer trust Equinox since it became a front for scaremongering and propaganda from bad independent companies who could tag on the Equinox brand as a sign of credibility. Then again that's what happens when American media companies like Discovery join in.
An example case is that sometime between 1998 and 2000, Equinox (or maybe Horizon) showed a documentary about how the last remaining stockpiles ever of Smallpox were to be destroyed in Russia.
Soon after September 11th, a documentary aired under the Equinox brand, which was filmed liked the X-Files, and presented by the New York reporter who allegedly received Smallpox in the mail. This NYT hack with no scientific background whatsoever presented an hour of misleading evidence which did nothing but scaremongering driving around the Middle East (without any knowledge of Arabic either), showing various viles and saying "Ooh, that might be Smallpox." Absolutely awful.
Horizon's format has slightly changed, with much more dramatic orchestral music. It remains to this date, one of the best scientific programmes on TV - and one I had to study in Science and Technology Studies.
"The most enduring science documentary series has been "Horizon," which was first broadcast in 1964. Its audience ratings vary with its subject matter, but it can claim up to 5 million viewers in Britain. The programs are held in high regard and are broadcast throughout the world, particularly in partnership with the US series "NOVA."" - Science in Public by Jane Gregory and Steve Miller
"The series regularly achieves a 12% UK audience share, with audience figures around three million...If you have access to BBC Four (digital TV) or BBC World (abroad), you will find Horizon there as well, after its transmission on BBC Two." - BBC Horizon